The newspaper El Siglo has conducted an informal poll of ODEPA delegates due to vote this weekend on the site for the 2003 PanAm games. According to El Siglo, Santo Domingo already has 23 "solid" votes, enough to ensure that it makes it past the first round of voting and only four votes short of winning the bid in the first round. Its two rivals for the Games, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Medellin, Colombia, so far have 19 and 9 "solid" votes, respectively. SD’s bid is openly supported by 19 nations, four of which (Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S., Venezuela) have two votes instead of one by virtue of having hosted the PanAm Games in the past. Guadalajara has the support of 16, three of which (Argentina, Cuba, Mexico) have two votes. Colombia has just seven open supporters, two of which (Brazil and Colombia) have double votes.
